{"product_id":"9780062223388","title":"The Valley of Amazement","description":"\u003cp\u003eShanghai, 1912. Violet Minturn is the daughter of the American madam of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. When political upheaval separates Violet from her mother, she is forced to become a \"virgin courtesan.\" Half-Chinese, half-American, Violet grapples with her place in the worlds of East and West—until she merges her two identities to become a shrewd courtesan, though privately she still struggles to understand who she is. San Francisco, 1897. Violet's mother chooses a disastrous course as a sixteen-year-old, following a Chinese painter to Shanghai, where she finds herself shocked by her lover's adherence to Chinese traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFueled by betrayals, both women refuse to submit to fate, persisting in their quests to recover what was taken from them: respect; a secure future; and love, from their parents, husbands, and children. An evocative narrative of the connections between mothers and daughters, imbued with Tan's characteristic insight and humor, \u003cb\u003eThe Valley of Amazement\u003c\/b\u003e conjures a story of inherited trauma, desire and deception, and the power and obstinacy of love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013785272560,"sku":"9780062223388","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062223388_p0.jpg?v=1763627587","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062223388","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}